By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Dollar General has become a retail empire by building small stores in rural towns across America to attract mainly low-income shoppers. Now, the company will expand its push to win wealthier customers in the suburbs using a new store model and name: Popshelf. Dollar General said Thursday it will open
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Prosecutors are recommending a three-month prison sentence for a North Carolina woman accused of bringing her 14-year-old child into the U.S. Capitol when she and her husband stormed the building on Jan. 6. In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors say Virginia Marie “Jenny” Spencer and her husband, Christopher, had the
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden is kicking off a more urgent campaign for Americans to get Covid-19 booster shots. Biden on Thursday unveiled a winter plan to combat the coronavirus and its Omicron variant with enhanced availability of shots and vaccines but without major new restrictions. Biden will require private insurers to cover the
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica (CNN) — En los primeros días de noviembre, los técnicos de laboratorio de Lancet Laboratories que descubrieron la variante ómicron en Sudáfrica, encontraron características inusuales en las muestras que estaban analizando para detectar el coronavirus. Básicamente, faltaba un gen en lo que sería un perfil genómico normal del virus. Las
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By Sharon Braithwaite and Nina Avramova, CNN London Metropolitan Police are investigating a video that appeared to show a group of men spitting at group of Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah earlier this week. The video, filmed from inside a bus dubbed a “Hanukkah party on wheels” in central London on Monday, shows passengers subjected to
Continue Reading By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The official Art Basel show is back in Miami with all its eccentric glory, a dizzying list of celebrity attendees and dozens of spin-off shows already generating buzz, including a 10-year-old child painter and a $4 million Banksy sale. Fashion continues to play a prominent role with
Continue Reading LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The lay head of a new Portuguese Catholic Church committee on child sex abuse is urging victims to come forward but stresses his group’s task is to study what has happened, not launch formal investigations. The Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Church is due to start
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Symone Sanders, la principal portavoz y asesora de la vicepresidenta de Estados Unidos, Kamala Harris, dejará el gobierno de Joe Biden a finales de año, según una fuente familiarizada con la decisión. “Symone ha servido honorablemente durante tres años”, dijo la fuente a CNN. “El presidente y la vicepresidenta están agradecidos por
Continue Reading CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The stock market’s volatility is showing no signs of letting up. US equities are rallying on Thursday, attempting to rebound from the prior two days of steep losses. All three major indexes are in green and then some: The Dow is up more than 650 points, or 1.9%,
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The stock market’s volatility is showing no signs of letting up. US equities rallied on Thursday, rebounding from the prior two days of steep losses. All three major indexes ended the day in the green and then some: The Dow finished up nearly 620 points, or 1.8%. It was the
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned officials to strictly observe industrial safety in the wake of last week’s coal mine explosion that killed 51. A methane explosion rocked the Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo region of southwestern Siberia last week, killing 46 miners and five rescuers in
Continue Reading CNN, POOL By Jennifer Korn Like many gamers in recent weeks, Nicole DeSantis, 33, from outside Philadelphia, combed through social media sites trying to find insider information on where to get a PlayStation 5 this holiday season. Stemming from the global chip shortage, video game consoles this year are particularly hard to come by. After
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will call the New Mexico Legislature into a special session beginning Monday, ABC affiliate KOAT reported on Thursday. The governor is calling lawmakers into special session to “finalize and approve new legislative district maps.” The governor’s office indicated the legislature would also discuss how to spend
Continue Reading Vaccines are important but they have to be moved around the world. The UAE’s prime geographical location, with 3.5 billion people within a few hours plane ride, makes it a hub for getting vaccines out to the masses.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee says it held a second video call with Peng Shuai. But again it didn’t release any video or transcript nor did the group make any reference to the tennis player’s sexual assault allegation against a former Chinese government official. The Grand Slam doubles champion and three-time Olympian
Continue Reading LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee says it held a second video call with Peng Shuai. But again it didn’t release any video or transcript nor did the group make any reference to the tennis player’s sexual assault allegation against a former Chinese government official. The Grand Slam doubles champion and three-time Olympian
Continue Reading By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Brent Pry says when the Virginia Tech head coaching job opened up he knew it was time to make the difficult decision leave Penn State and James Franklin after working with the Nittany Lions coach for 12 years. Pry was introduced Thursday as the
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is worried about the Federal Reserve pulling back its massive support for financial markets. The head of the central bank said this week that it may halt the bond-buying program meant to lower long-term interest rates sooner than expected. That would open the
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks is fighting an expanded effort to unionize its stores. The effort comes even as a union vote proceeds at three of the coffee chain’s locations in Buffalo, New York. Union organizers from three additional Buffalo-area stores appeared before the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday, asking to hold
Continue Reading By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer New government autism numbers suggest more U.S. children are being diagnosed with the developmental condition and at younger ages. In an analysis of 2018 data released Thursday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers found that among 8-year-olds, 1 in 44 had been diagnosed with autism. That compares with
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The United Nations headquarters in New York City was locked down for several hours after a man was seen pacing outside with what police said appeared to be a shotgun. The man was taken into custody at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. During the standoff, the man held an object pointed at his
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El Departamento de Policía de Nueva York arrestó sin incidentes al hombre que estaba fuera de la ONU que, según las autoridades, parecía tener un arma, dijo un portavoz de la Policía de Nueva York. La teniente Cathy Gamble dijo que la Policía de Nueva York ha detuvo “a
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn’t finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., sending record numbers of patients to the hospital in some states, especially in the Midwest and New England. The U.S. recorded its first known omicron infection
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Colorado State has fired football coach Steve Addazio after a tumultuous two seasons that included an ejection in what would prove to be his final game for the Rams. Addazio wrapped up his time in Fort Collins with a 4-12 record. His tenure got off to a rocky start
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press RANYA, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Kurds seem to make up the majority of Middle Eastern migrants seeking to move to Europe these days. Although northern Iraq is more prosperous than the rest of the conflict-scarred country, growing unemployment and frustration over corruption forces many to consider the risky journey. Last
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Business) — El prominente televangelista cristiano y activista antivacunas Marcus Lamb murió después de ser hospitalizado con covid-19, anunció su familia este martes. Lamb fundó la red de televisión cristiana Daystar Television Network en 1997. Su esposa, Joni Lamb, anunció la muerte del televangelista en el programa de Daystar transmitido este martes en
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Un atacante armado de 15 años sembró el terror con un tiroteo en una escuela secundaria de Michigan. El atacante disparó “a quemarropa” contra estudiantes y personal de la escuela secundaria Oxford en Oakland, Michigan, esta semana. Cuatro personas murieron y varias resultaron heridas. Esto es lo que sabemos.
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A University of Florida professor has filed a grievance against the school, saying administrators told him he couldn’t use the worlds ‘critical’ and ‘race’ together in describing a new study concentration. The grievance filed last week by Prof. Chris Busey says administrators told faculty members doing
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Daniil Medvedev has maintained his perfect record at the Davis Cup Finals to put Russia into the last four. Medvedev defeated Mikael Ymer in straight sets to give Russia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over Sweden in the quarterfinals of the revamped team event. Andrey Rublev earlier
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un tribunal de Austria multó a una cirujana con más de US$ 3.000 por amputar por error la pierna equivocada de un paciente. La cirujana de 43 años fue condenada a la multa, con la mitad del importe en suspenso, “por cometer un daño corporal gravemente negligente”, en el Tribunal Regional
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